“An intelligent and often sensitive account of exactly what it’s like to be the wife of a foreign diplomat”
Pamela O’Cuneen
Pamela O’Cuneen was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. After University she worked as a secondary teacher, then set off in 1968 on a two year working holiday to Europe. She never came home.
She studied French in Paris at the Sorbonne and Italian at the Università per Stranieri , then travelled to the UK where she worked both as a teacher and for the British Council. Marriage brought with it the necessity to become an Ambassador’s wife, in Africa and the Caribbean, stories of which are told in her first two books “Culture Shock and Canapés” and “Hummingbirds in My Hair”.
Pamela trained as a psychologist and Interfaith Minister and now lives in Kent where she writes, leads meditation groups and plays the harp.
Her third book, ‘With All My Soul’ will be published by Chiselbury in April 2025.
What the critics said about Pamela’s previous books
“Rich in the sterling qualities essential for a diplomatic wife: good humour, resilience — and the ability to see the funny side”
“A delightful memoir… Pamela’s love for the countries that became her temporary homes shines through”